Most Common Chinese Characters (page 39)

(n.) castle, position of defense | (char.) Pu (used in place names) | (char.) bu (used in naming places)

(m.) session, period (measure word for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures etc.) | (v.) to fall due, to expire

(char.) glad, joyful, happy

(n.) favor

(n./m.) book; volume

(v.) to store up, to save | (n.) person who will take the throne, heir

(v./adj.) to float (in the air); unsteady, weak; self-satisfied, complacent

(char.) mulberry

(adj.) idle, not busy; not in use | (char.) spare time; unimportant, irrelevant

(adj.) inhuman cruel; miserable, wretched, tragic, pitiful; dim, gloomy

(char.) clean

(n.) footprint, trace, tracks

(char.) prosperous

(char.) guest

(char.) frequency; frequently, repeatedly

(n.) enemy; hatred, animosity; a surname | (n.) Qiu (a surname)

(v.) grind, polish, sharpen; rub; obliterate; dawdle; wear down; pester, badger | (n./v.) millstone; to grind, to mill; to turn round

(v.) give, hand over, pass | (char.) in succession, in order

(adj.) evil; strange | (char.) disaster, misfortune (caused by evil spirits); (TCM) pathogenic or unwholesome environmental factor | (char.) see 莫邪; variant of 耶

(v.) collide, run into, bump against; rush, dash; meet by chance; try one's luck

(v.) plan to; design, draft (a plan) | (char.) to compare; to imitate; to suppose

(v.) to roll; to make...roll; to boil; to get out

(v.) perform, play (music, instruments); achieve; present a memorial (to emperor)

(char./m.) to patrol; round of drinks

(char.) face, prestige; color; facial expression; countenance

(char.) to mix, to make up; medication; chemical or physical substance | (m.) measure word for medicine, dose

(char.) accomplishment

(char.) tribute; pay tribute, contribute

(adj./v.) crazy, mad, insane; frivolous, not calm; to play wilfully; (of plants) to overgrow but bear few fruits

(n./adj.) slope; sloping, slanting

(v.) (oral) to look at; to visit (sb.)

(v./m.) to cut; to stop, to check; section, length, chunk

(v.) burn; ignite, light, rekindle

(adj./n.) burnt, charred; anxious; coal cinder | (m.) (abbr. unit of energy) joule

(n./v.) hall, palace; bring up the rear

(char.) false, fake, forged; illegal, puppet

(n.) willow

(n./v.) lock; chain; anything shaped like an old-fashioned padlock; to lock up

(v.) to compel, to force; to extort; to approach, to draw near | (char.) (lit.) narrow

(adv.) (lit) rather, quite, considerably | (char.) (lit.) inclined to one side, tilted, oblique